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Post by exoticinsects on Mar 20, 2019 21:57:37 GMT -8
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Post by leptraps on Mar 20, 2019 23:40:04 GMT -8
Unfortunately, I only speak English (I think it is English), and with some serious effort Latin.
Is there an English translation?
I may be old school, but it is very evident to me that some entomologist believe that UV and MV are not as effective as LED and LED Hybrids.
I have a Light Set-up consisting of two 250 Watt MV Self Ballast Clear. (I prefer the original 175 MV Clear with a Magnetic Type Ballast. Finding true 175 Watt MV Clear bulbs and ballast gets more difficult with each passing year.) These are mounted to a Cross Bar at 45° off Center. There are two 40Watt UV BL 368NM - 48 inch and two 40Watt UV BLB 350NM - 48 inch. One on each side of the sheet.
I have added true 350Watt Sun Lamps. These however are virtually impossible to find anymore. I powered my Collecting Light Set Up with a 2200 Watt Honda Generator. A 1988 model. Still runs like a champ.
I seldom use my Light Setup. I would rather set out Light Traps and sleep in a dry air conditioned room in a bed, all night.
I cannot get a picture of my Collecting Light Rig to load up. I am working on it.
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Mar 20, 2019 23:49:42 GMT -8
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Post by leptraps on Mar 20, 2019 23:49:42 GMT -8
Conventional MV and UV produce powerful volumes of UV light with great reach/distance from the source.
LED produces a powerful and focused light with limited distance/reach from the source.
I guess I am just old school. However, I have access to both technologies and prefer the olderI still cannot get the photographs to down load.
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Post by exoticinsects on Mar 21, 2019 1:13:02 GMT -8
As I said I normally only work with MV as well. In the past I even tried a 2000W bulb (coated) here in Bali. 250 and 400W work best for me, never tried the 750W you mentioned earlier.
I wouldn't expect a LED setup to have the same results as MV but in a remote tropical envirement 2 or 3 of these LEDs might be ok. In this case the portability outweighs the rest. (If they don't suck completely) Lightweight generators are not available here, often only older/heavier machines are available for rent. So you are dragging a 10kg machine with fuel for lets say a week up a mountain. This requires extra porters which in turn requires extra food and other supplies.
Another advantage of these is that you could set up multiple traps without having to stay with them. Same as with some other battery powered lights.
In my case they would probably get stolen, so the standard white cloth setup works best for me. A few days ago a friend spoke of some good result with the German LEDs. That's why I wanted to get some more info on them from people who have actually tried them out.
As for the link I posted, There is some explanation in English in the descriptions of the different models.
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Post by 58chevy on Mar 21, 2019 7:33:21 GMT -8
I used to do a lot of collecting at gas stations when they had MV lights. They attracted lots of bugs. Now almost all of the stations have converted to LED. The number of bugs has decreased by 90%. Why bother with LED?
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Post by leptraps on Mar 21, 2019 9:37:24 GMT -8
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Post by JKim on Mar 29, 2019 8:24:06 GMT -8
I heard that LEDs do not emit UVs, however, I've read some researches attracting moths with LEDs successfully on Research Gate. Try search there if you are a member of that community. There are many studies, discussions and feedback available.
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